Rich Dad, Poor Dad? Real Scam?

So in my previous post I let you know that I read all the Rich Dad Poor Dad books by Robert Kiyosaki and proceeded to quit my job and take a new path.  When I moved to San Diego I had the opportunity to attend one of the free seminars and was impressed with the local speaker they invited.  He talked about this “Coaching” program that would teach the rookies what they need to know.  I love mentors and coaches so I had to get more information which I garnered through a phone call.

The conversation followed a pretty typical sales pitch of asking me how committed I was and letting me know the costs, around $10,000. The promises: I would have bought a property within a year.  So when I said I would have to think about it the “Coach” freaked out on me.  I thought this was odd because if you have a good product you shouldn't have to pressure sales someone.  Also when someone starts yelling you should realize you hold all the power, and I don't respect Coaches who don't have more power than me!  Yet, I'm a dreamer so I talked to my inner circle about it and my favorite response is from my dad “I’ll take $10,000 from you and buy a house too Emily!”  

I hope you are catching on, I didn't sign up.  After being hounded for days by the Rich Dad Poor Dad Coaches, I learned a big lesson from that phone call- Robert Kiyosaki is doing just what his books teach people to do, make money.  The thing is I don’t want to make him money; I want to make me money!  So why can't I take that timeline and what he promised, pay myself 10 G's and make it happen.....No longer will I ask someone else to take care of my money.